Satellites deployed: Success for Isar Aerospace: German rocket reaches orbit
It's a big step for Europe's space industry: A Bavarian start-up founded as recently as 2018 has launched a rocket into space on its second test and put satellites into Earth's orbit.
Isar Aerospace, a German space company, has successfully launched five satellites into Earth's orbit on the second test flight of its Spectrum rocket. The launch took place on Saturday at 22:12 from the Norwegian launch site Andøya, and was attended by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
The company, based in Ottobrunn near Munich, achieved a major milestone after months of delays and four previous postponements of the second test flight. The Spectrum rocket is expected to carry civil and military satellites into near-Earth orbits, with plans to produce 40 rockets per year.
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